Imagine that all microorganisms suddenly disappeared from Earth From what

Imagine that all microorganisms suddenly disappeared from Earth From what

Imagine that all microorganisms suddenly disappeared from Earth. From what you have learned in this chapter, why do you think that animals would eventually disappear from Earth? Why would plants disappear? By contrast, if all higher organisms suddenly disappeared, what in Figure 1.4a tells you that a similar fate would not befall microorganisms?